Bayard High School - Tiger Yearbook (Bayard, NE)

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I 44 Top Row-Melvin Harris, Bob Reifschneider, Victor Nuss. Russell Moomaw, Dick Samuels, Don O'Neill, Charles Wimmer, Andrew Jones. Frank Hall, Bill Hageman, Donald Perrin, Tom Couch, Harold Heil, Clarence Yekel, Couch Garber, Bob Hillman Second Row-Dean Suhr, Carroll Harms, James Hall, Wallis Calvert, Tommy Couch, Jimmy Pringle, Harold Schwartz, Warren Anderson, Darrell Frakes, Glenn Calvert Third Row-Alvin Bauer, Bob O'Neal. Delbert Wimmer, Alvin Keil, Kayo Smith, Mervin Reichert, Dean Merry, Marvin Sides 4 cottsbluff defeated Bayard 25-6 after the Tigers took a first quarter 6-0 lead, at the halftime whistle the score stood 6-0. Scottsbluff overpowered in the second half to an end 25-6 victory. Bayard with their 2nd and lst teams, ran wild to a 45-0 win over a green Lyman team. All of Bayard's teams scored for our first victory. Bayard won their second conference game with a 6-0 win over Morrill in the first half. With this game Bayard's team started rolling on the road to the N.P.V.C. championship. Bayard defeated top ranking Mitchell with a 7-6 score, placing us in the leading position in the N.P.V.C. race. Outstanding back was Delbert Wimmer, while linemen Smith, O'Neal and Sides held up the line for the winners. With Wimmer scoring both touchdowns, the Tigers defeated the Gering Bulldogs 14-0. One of the toughest games of the season, it took real playing to defeat the tough Gering team. Due to the harvest vacation, Bayard made 27 a poor showing against the Sidney team. In this, the toughest game of season, the Tiger team attained many injuries, includ- ing Wimmer, O'Neal, Keil and Frakes. The Maroons won 33-13. With Harris of Bayard kicking a lone field goal, the Tigers dropped Bridgeport, with whom we were tied for the conference with a 3-0 win. Both sides displayed fine running, blocking and tackling in this ex- citing and tough game. Running Wild, Dean Merry spurted the Tigers to a 21-0 win over the Kimball's Longhorn's. With a high wind blowing both teams were held to the ground offen- sive. This year was the first time that the Longhorns have been included in the Tigers schedule. In a thrill-packed Turkey Day game the Tigers enjoyed a victory for their last initial game of 1943, defeating Minatare 6-0 to cinch the N.P.V.C. championship. Suffering from the defeat handed them by the Scottsbluff Bearcats the Tigers wound up second in the Western Nebraska Con- ference.

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B. H. S. 1943-'44 Nlhlaiic 5 flecafzcl Bayard 6 Scottsbluff 25 September Bayard 7 Morrill 0 Bayard 45 Lyman 0 October Bayard 13 Sidney 33 Bayard 7 Mitchell 6 Bayard 14 Gering 0 Bayard 21 Kimball 0 November Bayard 3 Bridgeport 0 Bayard 6 Minatare 0 Won 7 games in N.P.V.C. 7 out of 7, 10O0'Z1 Placed 2nd in W.N.A.A.C. Bluffs ist 7 out of 9 Rated 10th in Class B schools in World Herald 1944 BASKETBALL SEASON Bayard 18 Bridgeport 16 January Bayard 27 Morrill 24 Bayard 39 Lyman 10 Bayard 25 Scottsbluff 48 Bayard 23 Gering 25 Bayard 24 Minatare 33 Bayard 32 Morrill 20 Bayard 23 Mitchell 55 February Bayard 25 Bridgeport 31 Bayard 30 Lyman 14 Bayard 33 Scottsbluff 47 Bayard 13 ' Minatare 41 Bayard 23 Gering 35 Fourth Place in N.P.V.C. 5 out of 11g 454 Pct. Tied for sixth place in W.N.A.A. 5 out of 133 348 Pct. Class B Tournament at Mitchell Bayard 29 Mitchell 53 Won 5 Lost 8 1944 TRACK SCHEDULE April 7, Dual or Triangular Bayard April 21, North Platte Valley Bayard April 28, Alliance Regional Alliance May 5, Western Nebraska Scottsbluff May 12, State Track Meet Lincoln 26

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B. H. S. Sides-Manager: Garber-Coach: O'Neal-Guard: Amend-Forwardg Wimmer-Guard: O'Neil1-Forward Q Q he Bayard Tigers with seven return- ing lettermen began the 1944 season with three consecutive wins. The first two games Bayard met Bridgeport, 18-16, and Morrill, 27-24. In the third win Bayard romped a green Lyman team 29-10. All three teams offered stiff competition. 28 B Bayard, after holding the Bearcats to a close first half, fell for their defeat 48-25. Gering rallyed in the late last half to spell Bayard's second defeat. Minatare dumped in late baskets to defeat Bayard 33-24. Repeating their early season games Bay- ard again defeated Morrill 32-20. The